Clement v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
This was a suit commenced in the Circuit Court of Perry county, by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, together with, Oliver H. Burton and Albert F. Crain, at the April term, 1851. The declaration was in case, with a count in trover. At the April term, 1861, at the instance of Clement, a rule nisi was entered against plaintiff Brown, to give security for costs, which rule was discharged at the same time by agreement only of plaintiff in error.
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This was a suit commenced in the Circuit Court of Perry county, by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error, together with, Oliver H. Burton and Albert F. Crain, at the April term, 1851. The declaration was in case, with a count in trover. At the April term, 1861, at the instance of Clement, a rule nisi was entered against plaintiff Brown, to give security for costs, which rule was discharged at the same time by agreement only of plaintiff in error. At the September term, 1861, on motion of defendant Burton, a rule nisi was entered against plaintiff, to file security for costs.…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
This was an action on the case brought originally against the plaintiff in error, and one Burton and Crain, as bailees of certain goods, wares, and merchandise and chattels, the property of the defendant in error, as alleged, with a count in trover added. The defendants pleaded separately not guilty. During the progress of the trial, after the arguments to the jury were concluded, the plaintiff dismissed the case as to Burton and Crain, and the jury returned a verdict against the plaintiff in error for four thousand and forty-five dollars and ninety-nine cents, being the exact footing of the…
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